Northeast Iowa Family STEM Festival

Attendee Information

Thank you to everyone who attended, volunteered, or exhibited at the 2026 Northeast Iowa Family STEM Festival! The festival was a success, with 26 exhibitors and over 300 attendees hosted on April 9th at Waukon High School. We hope to see everyone back for our next event!

If you have questions about the Northeast Iowa STEM Festival or the Cedar Valley STEM Festival please reach out to Jeff Beneke at jeff.beneke@uni.edu

Collage of photos from the STEM festivalPhoto collage from the STEM festival

2026 Exhibitors

  • Allamakee County Sheriff's Office
  • Benzing Surveying, LLC
  • Civil Air Patrol
  • Driftless Audiology
  • Edward Jones
  • Effigy Mounds National Monument
  • FRC 6455 Coded Collective
  • FreedomBank
  • Girl Scouts of Eastern Iowa and Western Illinois
  • Grout Museum District
  • Iowa Corn Mobile Education Trailer (Outside!)
  • Iowa Department of Transportation
  • Iowa Motor Truck Association (Outside!)
  • IowaWORKS
  • ISU Extension & Outreach 4-H
  • Keystone AEA
  • Luther College Nursing Program
  • Northeast Iowa Community College Waukon Center
  • Robey Memorial Library
  • St. Pats Robocats
  • Submarine Veterans of Iowa
  • Tallgrass Prairie Center
  • Upper Iowa University
  • Veterans Memorial Hospital
  • Wartburg College
  • Waukon Middle School

The Northeast Iowa Family STEM Festival is a community-wide partnership led by the Northeast Region of the Iowa Governor's STEM Advisory Council at the University of Northern Iowa, in partnership with Allamakee Community School District, St. Patrick Catholic School, Allamakee County Economic Development & Tourism, Northeast Iowa Community College (Waukon Center), Iowa State University Extension and Outreach, IowaWORKS, and Iowa Vocational Rehabilitation Services.

STEM Iowa Manchester collage.

NE Iowa STEM Festival

NE Iowa STEM Festival